We took the early flight from Penang to Bangkok with Thai Smile - leaving Penang at 8 am in the morning. As Bangkok is an hour behind us, we got there nice and early, which gave us plenty of time to explore Chatuchak weekend market (which was the reason why we took the early flight!) There is so much to see (and eat!) there so we took our time walking along each small path exploring. Here are some of the food which we ate, not forgetting my favourite Thai milk tea!
There were many stalls in Chatuchak selling coconut ice cream, but we managed to find this stall which was the cheapest for only 30 baht! The stall owner even gave us a cup of fresh coconut water, and we also had a place to sit and eat in front of the stall *happiness*
We were in Chatuchak until dinner time, then we took the BTS back to Saphan Taksin station and caught the shuttle boat back to the hotel. So that ended the first day in Bangkok.
The next day, we had to attend the Anantara presentation, so after that was over (we didn't sign up for the membership package, by the way, again), we decided to take go to this mall called The EmQuartier. We travelled everywhere in Bangkok by BTS, it's cheap and convenient. So this mall was at the Phrom Phong BTS. A friend of mine had posted about this cafe called Audrey Cafe' des Fleurs so we decided to check it out. I did find out later that they have several other outlets across Bangkok.
We ordered the tomyam pizza and the Thai milk tea crepe cake to share. Both were yummy! The crepe cake looks extremely sweet but surprisingly it wasn't.
After that we headed to Siam Paragon (Siam BTS) where I had these sinfully delicious fries. I liked it so much I came back the next day to have it again!
After walking around Siam Paragon, we headed back to Saphan Taksin BTS to catch the shuttle boat to Asiatique. There is also a shuttle boat provided from our hotel, but since we were already at the BTS, we took the Asiatique boat, and then later in the evening only took our hotel boat back from Asiatique to our hotel.
Asiatique is very popular with tourists as it's like a large open air mall/bazaar, selling things mostly like Chatuchak. Things are slighly more pricey here, but it's worth to come for the experience.
Here I am in front of the large ferris wheel which we could see from our boat rides and also from our hotel room window. It cost 400 baht per person to ride the ferris wheel, so I was contented to just take a photo below haha.
For dinner that night, we tried this place which my sister went to the last time she was in Bangkok. It's called Baan Khanita and they serve authentic Thai food. The price is a little on the high side, but the food was so delicious that we had no regrets! Since it was just the 2 of us, we had the creamy tomyam (which came with 2 big river prawns) and Hubby's favourite green curry chicken.
These were the souvenirs which we bought from the girls from Asiatique. Aren't they cute? :)
The next day, we had a full free day. We googled and found out there was a Jim Thompson outlet store somewhere in the city so we decided to take a look. It looked quite far away from the BTS on Google maps so at one of the roads, we stopped to ask a hawker at the corner. Hubby asked her if it was the correct road, but her response was, "You wanna buy Jim Thompson? Yes down here!". We thought that was pretty funny - a lot of tourists must have asked her the same thing! This outlet is 4 storeys here and you can even buy fabric, besides the usual accessories like handbags and clothing.
After that, we went back to Siam BTS. After getting my fries fix, we explored around the area a bit. Besides Siam Paragon, there are other malls like Siam Centre, Siam Square, Central World, MBK & Tokyu Department Store.
The food at the various food courts were cheap and yummy!
And on the final day, we just hung around the hotel and went for a walk on the other side (not the river side) - where the Riverside Plaza was.
A few more selfies in the room before checking out, and then it was time to leave.
Goodbye Bangkok, it was a fun trip of lots of eating, shopping and lots of walking! We hope to be back soon.
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